A HARD ROW TO HOE

Meaning of A HARD ROW TO HOE in English

a difficult task, many problems

A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

A HARD ROW TO HOE — a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.
English Idioms vocab
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Airport Code English Dictionary
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Английский словарь Британика
ROW — I. ˈrō verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwan; akin to Middle High German rüejen …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOE — I. ˈhō noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hogh, from Old English hōh; probably akin to Old English hōh …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOE — (v. i.) To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
Английский словарь Webster
HOE — (v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a …
Английский словарь Webster
HOE — ( v. t. ) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOE — ( v. i. ) To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROW — row 1 /roh/ , n. 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOE — v. weed with a hoe; break up the earth with a hoe
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ROW — I. ˈrō verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rōwan; akin to Middle High German rüejen to row, Latin remus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOE — I. ˈhō noun Etymology: Middle English howe, from Anglo-French houe, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German houwa mattock, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARD — I. ˈhärd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English heard; akin to Old High German hart hard, Greek kratos strength …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROW — vi to use the oar; as, to row well. 2. row ·adj & ·adv rough; stern; angry. 3. row ·noun …
Webster English vocab
HOE — vi to use a hoe; to labor with a hoe. 2. hoe ·noun the horned or piked dogfish. ·see dogfish. …
Webster English vocab
HARD — adv close or near. 2. hard ·adv so as to raise difficulties. 3. hard ·adv uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. 4. hard …
Webster English vocab
ROW — [row] vb [ME, fr. OE rowan; akin to MHG ruejen to row, L remus oar] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOE — [hoe] n [ME howe, fr. MF houe, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG houwa mattock, houwan to hew--more at hew] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOE — one of the oldest tools of agriculture, a digging implement consisting of a blade set at right angles to a …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOE — hoe, Hoe BrE AmE həʊ AmE hoʊ ▷ hoed həʊd AmE hoʊd ▷ hoeing ˈhəʊ ɪŋ AmE ˈhoʊ ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HARD — hard BrE AmE hɑːd AmE hɑːrd ▷ harder ˈhɑːd ə AmE ˈhɑːrd ə r ▷ hardest ˈhɑːd ɪst -əst AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROW — I . *row / rəʊ; NAmE roʊ/ noun , verb —see also row (II) ■ noun 1. row (of sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOE — / həʊ; NAmE hoʊ/ noun , verb ■ noun a garden tool with a long handle and a blade, used …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — / hɑːd; NAmE hɑːrd/ adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( hard·er , hard·est ) SOLID / STIFF 1. solid, firm …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROW — I. row 1 S2 W2 /rəʊ $ roʊ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a line of things or people …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOE — hoe /həʊ $ hoʊ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: houe ] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HARD — I. hard 1 S1 W1 /hɑːd $ hɑːrd/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative harder , superlative hardest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROW — n. 1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOE — n. & v. --n. a long-handled tool with a thin metal blade, used for weeding etc. --v. (hoes, hoed, hoeing) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROW — n. 1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROW — 1. n.1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
ROW — I. ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE /roʊ/ ( rows) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOE — ( hoes, hoeing, hoed) 1. A hoe is a gardening tool with a long handle and a small square blade, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — ( harder, hardest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — (~er, ~est) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOE — noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hard/tough row to hoe ▪ Improving schools with little funding is a tough row …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROW — (LINE) [noun] [C] - a line of things, people, animals, etc. arranged next to each othera row of houses/books/plants/people/horsesThey were …
Cambridge English vocab
HARD — Synonyms and related words : Herculean, Philistine, about, absolute, abstruse, accented, acerb, acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, actively, acute, adamant, adamantine, addictive, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOE — See: HARD ROW TO HOE or TOUGH ROW TO HOE.
Slang English vocab
HARD — adj. Function: adverb 1 with great or utmost force FF1C; hit the nail hard FF1E; Synonyms: energetically, forcefully, forcibly, hardly, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HARD — I. adjective 1. Synonyms: firm 2, solid Related Word: compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, packed; callous, hardened, indurate, indurated, set; adamantine, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — INDEX: 1. when something does not change its shape or bend 2. food 3. to become hard or make something …
Longman Activator English vocab
HARD — See ↑ DIFFICULT 1,3, ↑ HARD 1,2, ↑ TIRED/TIRING 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be hard at work • ↑ be …
Longman Activator English vocab
HARD — adj. 25B6; adjective hard ground : FIRM, solid, rigid, stiff, resistant, unbreakable, inflexible, impenetrable, unyielding, solidified, hardened, compact, compacted, dense, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — adj. 1 rigid, stiff, solid, inflexible, firm, dense, condensed, compressed, close, solidified, hardened; stony, rocklike, concrete, petrified, granite(-like), flinty, steely; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOE — See: HARD ROW TO HOE or TOUGH ROW TO HOE.
Словарь английских идиом
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROW — I 1. сущ. 1) а) ряд, линия (совокупность предметов, людей, расположенных друг за другом, в одну линию) in rows ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOE — 1. сущ. 1) тяпка, мотыга Syn : mattock 2) ковш экскаватора 2. гл. 1) мотыжить, разрыхлять (землю) 2) выпалывать мотыгой …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HARD
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROW — row.ogg _I 1. rəʋ n 1. 1> ряд a row of trees of houses - ряд деревьев домов a row …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOE — hoe.ogg _I 1. həʋ n 1. 1> мотыга; тяпка; кирка 2> культиватор 2. ковш ( экскаватора ) 3. скрепер ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HARD — 1. hɑ:d n 1. 1> твёрдая мощёная или бетонированная дорожка 2> твёрдый грунт, по которому можно пройти через топкое болото …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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